THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1091493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants to charitable organisations of particular interest to the trustees. (The Trustees do not respond to unsolicited requests).

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£227k

Latest spending

£280k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds held at 30 April 2026 were £9,927,505, with the trustees believing the financial position is satisfactory and sufficient reserves exist to meet future obligations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and had no defined-benefit pension deficit. The filing was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £21,500 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Trustee Brian Ladd received a salary of £21,500 (2025: 20,000) and employer pension contributions of £645 (2025: 600) during the year.” — page 14

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: enough reserves to produce income in order to meet any commitments that they have made and in order to support appropriate causes (held: £9.9m)

“It is the trustees' policy to maintain enough reserves to produce income in order to meet any commitments that they have made and in order to support appropriate causes when they come to the attention of the trustees.” — page 3

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustee Brian Ladd received a salary of £21,500 and employer pension contributions of £645.

“Trustee Brian Ladd received a salary of £21,500 (2025: 20,000) and employer pension contributions of £645 (2025: 600) during the year.” — page 14

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to CARE, an entity where Peter Ladd (son of trustee Brian Ladd) is employed.

“During the year a grant of £15,000(2025: £10,000) was given to CARE, an entity where Peter Ladd,son of Brian and Rosemary-Anne Ladd Is employed” — page 14

“grants totalling £13,000(2025: £10,000) were made to Northwood Hills Evangelical Church, where Brian Ladd Is one of the seven trustees.” — page 14

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants to Northwood Hills Evangelical Church, where trustee Brian Ladd serves.

“During the year a grant of £15,000(2025: £10,000) was given to CARE, an entity where Peter Ladd,son of Brian and Rosemary-Anne Ladd Is employed” — page 14

“grants totalling £13,000(2025: £10,000) were made to Northwood Hills Evangelical Church, where Brian Ladd Is one of the seven trustees.” — page 14

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Total income

£4.8m

Total spending

£170k

Cost of raising funds

£14k

Reserves (reported)

£8.7m

Employees

1

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BRIAN PETER LADD · trustee of 3 other charities
IAN CRESWICK
ROSEMARY-ANNE LADD

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2026	£227k	£280k
30/04/2025	£220k	£251k
30/04/2024	£4.8m	£170k
30/04/2023	£100k	£98k
30/04/2022	£319k	£116k

Common questions

Is THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds held at 30 April 2026 were £9,927,505, with the trustees believing the financial position is satisfactory and sufficient reserves exist to meet future obligations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and had no defined-benefit pension deficit. The filing was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £21,500 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KUPAH CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE KUPAH CHARITABLE TRUST income £249k
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST income £565k
KLSA CHARITABLE TRUST income £123k
THE CLEMENCE CHARITABLE TRUST income £150k
KUSZER TZEDAKAH income £141k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUST	£227k	£21,500	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KUPAH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£249k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£565k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KLSA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£123k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE CLEMENCE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£150k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KUSZER TZEDAKAH FY2025	£141k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.